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From: Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 15:37:35
Message-Id: 87boz4f02d.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes:
2
3 > On Sun, 15 May 2011 05:34:07 -0500, Dale wrote:
4 >
5 >> I updated my kernel and had to reboot. I usually boot to single user
6 >> mode and rebuild my video drivers.
7 >
8 > Why not rebuild them before you reboot? It's far more convenient.
9
10 I do not know about the particular video drivers, but I have used some
11 'out-of-tree' drivers[1] which only build against the running kernel not
12 the (built but not yet booted) one in /usr/src/linux.
13
14 [1] The one which immediately comes to mind is for the Digi Etherlite
15 network serial port adaptors.

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Re: [gentoo-user] grub menu and the new openrc Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>